U.S. Route 59

U.S. Route 59
US 59 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	1,911 mi[citation needed] (3,075 km)
Existed	1934[1]–present
Major junctions
South end	I-69W / Loop 20 / Fed. 85D at Mexico–US border in Laredo, TX
Major intersections	I-35 / US 83 at Laredo, TX I-10 at Houston, TX I-20 near Marshall, TX I-30 near Texarkana, TX I-40 at Sallisaw, OK I-35 / US 50 at Ottawa, KS I-70 / Kansas Turnpike at Lawrence, KS I-80 near Avoca, IA I-90 at Worthington, MN I-94 / US 52 near Fergus Falls, MN
North end	PTH 59 at Canada–US border near Lancaster, MN
Location
Country	United States
States	Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided
← US 58 → US 60

U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway System. It parallels U.S. Route 75 for nearly its entire route, never much more than 100 miles (160 km) away, until it veers southwest in Houston, Texas. Its number is out of place since US 59 is either concurrent with or entirely west of U.S. Route 71. The highway's northern terminus is 9 mi (14 km) north of Lancaster, Minnesota, at the Lancaster–Tolstoi Border Crossing on the Canada–US border, where it continues as Manitoba Highway 59. Its southern terminus is at the Mexico–US border in Laredo, Texas, where it continues as Mexican Federal Highway 85D.